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Thanks Theresa!
Yeah Martin—we'll see if I've learned anything useful there or not :)

paperclip

11-18-2008, 06:30 PM

Since you live in Athens *aheminUSAandnotingreece*, any myth based in Athens would be great for you. How about Oedipus? Great story there!

Velk

11-18-2008, 07:14 PM

Good idea... or something about Odysseus. Though I'm going to try and avoid greenscreen shots if I can and I can't see a way around having them on a massive airship. :p

erilaz

11-18-2008, 08:36 PM

Plenty of time to think of ideas!

Just remember the clock is ticking though. :D

Velk

11-19-2008, 09:51 PM

TREATMENT
In an attempt to acheive world domination an Evil Scientist discovers that by purchasing a physical piece of a living human you gain some power over them. Unable to buy things from adults he invents a system for purchasing teeth from little children who are more than willing to part with them for a few pennies from a 'magical' person.

This is not the Scientist's first crime nor indeed his first attempt at world domination and there is a detective hot on his trail. As the Scientist is nearing his goal of collecting X number of teeth the Detective catches up to the Scientist and confronts him, averting disaster. He destroys the huge collection of teeth breaking the 'contract' and freeing the children.

From that day forward parents have continued the story of the tooth fairy and give their children money or sweets in exchange for their teeth so no one else could ever gain power over their children.

The Legends
Ideas regarding the tooth fairy were generated from numerous sources including dozens of articles online dealing with the origins of the mythical character and Terry Pratchett's The Hogfather. Rituals surrounding what to do with lost baby teeth span the globe and go back many centuries.

The idea of power or control being exerted over the children comes from the legend that witches could curse you if they got ahold of a fingernail or clipping of hair.

Stumbled across your avatar in another thread and recognized it from twitter. Cool to see some phd'ers out and about. The concepts and story seem interesting. I look forward to seeing how it turns out.

Velk

12-10-2008, 02:51 PM

jspoon—always good to see other phd'ers around, thanks for checking my entry out. Hopefully I can post more images soon.

Worked up a massive change to the layout of the script last night and received terrific feedback from Theresa (paperclip), Thanks! One more re-write to go. Story is king.

The new layout has a different tone which will be reflected in the props and design—overall I'm thinking a more stylized environment than I was planning originally.

Originally conceived as living and working in an airship the Mad Scientist (Patricia von Metzger) is now housed in a towering mansion. Most of this redesign is due to the new script layout, which is almost done.

authentic

12-16-2008, 08:29 AM

I like your sketchs. Simple and funny.

paperclip

12-16-2008, 03:55 PM

Looking great so far!

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